Palestinian, arab, jew, muslim, christian, everyone. You cant give up what makes you who you are. If you give that up, then the terrorists win, and we can never let them win. President biden back at the white house this morning after a jampacked trip to israel where he promised continued support for americas ally and cautioned against ragefilled vengeance. Meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of the an expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces that could begin any day now. Well go through all of that straight ahead. Plus, another vote on the house floor leads to yet another loss for jim jordan. Well look at where his support stands heading into a third ballot for speaker, which is set for later today. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and well begin this morning with president joe bidens historic trip to israel to reaffirm ameri
This morning. Less than two weeks after hamas Terror Attacks sent israel plunging into a new weir, President Joe Biden is now in that country to show solidarity with our middle eastern ally. The president touched down in tel aviv about an hour ago when he was greeted on the tarmac by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two men as you see shared an embrace. The two are set to hold talks throughout the day as tensions in the war start to spill outside israel and gaza. Last night propalestinian protesters clashed with police in parts of the west bank, lebanon, turkey, and jordan all in response to a deadly blast at a hospital in gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says more than 200 people were killed there, but israeli and gaza officials are both blaming the other side for the deadly violence. That blast has already forced changes to the president s schedule. Just as biden was departing for israel yesterday the king of jordan canceled a planned summit between himself, biden, the Pal
Will visit israel. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United Statess solidarity with israel and our iron clad commitment to its security, that israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists and to prevent future attacks. The president will hear from israel and help conduct operations in a way that will minimalize civilian casualties and assistance to gaza in a way that does not benefit hamas. Thats u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken announcing President Bidens trip to israel this week ahead of that countrys looming Ground Offensive into gaza. The president s trip comes amid a growing humanitarian crisis there in gaza and desperate efforts to get civilians out of the war zone. Well go through all of that and get a live report from israel in just a moment. Plus, well bring you the latest from capitol hill on jim jordans push to become house speaker. Well br